Channel 13 action news new tonight. Action news sits down. With former clark county commissioner. Tom collins. The 65 yearolds first extensive interview. Since being arrested. For dui. tom collins, former county commissioner im over the limit, i broke the law and i admitted it. We went to the cowboy commissioners home. Just hours. After he appeared in court. Plead no contest. No questions. Were off limits. And. Action News Reporter. Mahsa saeidi asked them all. She joins us live in studio. With whether he now still plans. To run for mayor of North Las Vegas. Next year. Mahsa. Tricia. The official announcement is coming in the next few months. But he says he definitely plans on running. We asked whats the biggest challege your facing. He said its getting out his message that hes honest and cares about people. Not this court case. if people say because of this be mayor, what do you say . i say theres bigger crooks who run the city of North Las Vegas than ive ever been. Tom collins as def
Plus, after spending more than a day in the freezing cold, a missing sioux city woman has been found alive. We bring you the latest on her conditon. And. A pennsylvania man has made his dream come true. Accomplishi ng something that only 28 others have ever done before. All these stories and more coming up on abc9 news this morning. Deborah good morning and thanks for joining us. Im deborah souverain. Well the wait is over for that Record Powerball jackpot. Three Winning Tickets. Will split the estimated 1. 6 billion dollar prize. The tickets were sold in california, florida and tennesee. Abcs lauren lis ter has the latest. Nats can you believe it america, a world record jackpot coming to tonights jackpot is approaching 1. 6 billion dollars [powerball drawing] it was the more than billion dollar moment people across the us were waiting for . [quick nat pop from drawing like the powerball number 10 at around 39 seconds in] and that moment undoubtedly changing the life of the lucky power
The national zoo in this video has been all over social im sure you have probably seen it, but its definitely worth another watch. Cam bump in welcome back to the fox19 now morning xtra. The extra hour of the xtra. We still have an hour to go. But first we want to check your forecast. Expect clouds to be on the increase today in advance of our next weather be on the increase today in advance of our next weather system. Highs this afternoon will low 40s and a shower is possible this evening. Theres a better scattered showers overnight into morning as a cold front approaches. Mid 30s. The in the day but a random flurry will remain possible as highs only manage mid 30s. Wednesday looks more cloudy than sunny but sunshine returns for the end of the week with highs near 50 by saturday. Start with and an evening scattered tuesday showers flurries possible, somtimes animals home. Justin mcallister Humane Center is here to explain p. A. W. S. Humane center adoption first option great value dog
Being with us tonight im hayley hooiz. Im aaron mesmer. Gasparilla season is officially underway. Bringing families out from across the bay area despite that chill in the air. Fox 13s evan lambert joins us live from the parade. Whats next for the folks out there . Well, its the fireworks. Thats what everybody is here for you mention the chill in the air. I kind of wish i had it right now. We are here along bay shore and as you can see the fun is not stopped. The parade still going by us here the screams. Were trying not to get hit by the beads thats the hardest thing out here. But you can see everybody waiving. We have made some friends here along the parade route. Were going to talk to megan who is here with me right clapping along to this. The music here really loud. But megan has special talent. Its why she got all these beads. Show us out how you got all those talk me youre excited about the fireworks. Talk toe motor about that. But your screams could rival the fireworks. Cold, rai
Curb and i kind of was just in shock and i heard a big bank go into the house. I saw the bus in our house. I didnt know what to do. It sunned like an explosion. The force was so great it pushed both of us on the floor. Reporter no nine students heading to school on the bus were unhurt but it took a brave 12yearold girl to get them out of the bus. I just jumped out and like i was just screaming, you know, get out come on we got to get out. Just come out. And then everyone just really followed and it was good that we had that kind of training because like weve done this before but i never thought id need it. You invite the kids into your home. Yes, we did. What was their did he mean. Surprisingly very very calm. By mid afternoon a wrecker was dragging the bus from the home and the extent of the damage was visible. Jill lafferty says the schoolbus driver the kids know him as driver dave, was on her lawn seconds after the crash. He kept asking over and over again are the kids are okay, are